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A natural history of reptiles, serpents, and insects
- by
- Nicholson, Isaac,1789-1848; Bewick, Thomas,1753-1828; Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc,comte de,1707-1788; Davison, William,1780-1858,printer
- Publication date
- 1820
- Topics
- Zoology -- Pictorial works., Reptiles -- Juvenile literature., Insects -- Juvenile literature., Natural history -- Juvenile literature., Chapbooks -- Specimens., Chapbooks -- England -- Alnwick -- 19th century, McGill University Library Digitized Title, McGill Library's Chapbook Collection, Zoology, Reptiles, Insects, Natural history, Chapbooks
- Publisher
- Alnwick : Printed and sold ... by W. Davison
- Collection
- mcgilluniversitychapbook; mcgilluniversity; toronto
- Contributor
- McGill University Library
- Language
- English
- Item Size
- 47.0M
36 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 14 cm.
"Thirty-five engravings on wood."
First sentence: "The land tortoise is found from one to five feet in length, from the end of the snout to the extremety of the tail; and from five to eighteen inches across the back."
One of 7 chapbooks issued by Davison as an abridgement of Buffon's "System of natural history," an itself abridged English translation of his "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière": Davison, 1814; the chapbooks dated by Tattersfield "around 1819."
The woodcuts have been attributed to Thomas Bewick and his workshop by Hugo (in Bewick collector, p. 109-110); Tattersfield claims nothing in the chapbooks to be by Bewick (in Thomas Bewick, v. 2, p. 935) naming as the probable engraver Isaac Nicholson, a former Bewick apprentice
Hugo, T. Bewick collector
Osborne Coll.
Tattersfield, N. Thomas Bewick
Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology
Copy in Bourke Coll.: one of 3 titles bound together, in a set of 3 volumes; from vol. 3, bound with: A natural history of fishes, and Day, a pastoral in three parts; binder's spine title: Fishes, Reptiles, Day, 1824. Bound together subsequent to publication
Bourke copy three-quarters bound; marbled paper boards
Date on spine of Blacker Wood copy: 1809
Copy in Bewick Coll.: full bound with gilt fillet border and corner tool, and gilt spine, turn-ins and edges (broken joint); the engravings hand-coloured
Bewick copy with: A natural history of foreign quadrupeds. Alnwick : Printed and sold ... by W. Davison, [ca. 1820]. Bound together subsequent to publication
"Thirty-five engravings on wood."
First sentence: "The land tortoise is found from one to five feet in length, from the end of the snout to the extremety of the tail; and from five to eighteen inches across the back."
One of 7 chapbooks issued by Davison as an abridgement of Buffon's "System of natural history," an itself abridged English translation of his "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière": Davison, 1814; the chapbooks dated by Tattersfield "around 1819."
The woodcuts have been attributed to Thomas Bewick and his workshop by Hugo (in Bewick collector, p. 109-110); Tattersfield claims nothing in the chapbooks to be by Bewick (in Thomas Bewick, v. 2, p. 935) naming as the probable engraver Isaac Nicholson, a former Bewick apprentice
Hugo, T. Bewick collector
Osborne Coll.
Tattersfield, N. Thomas Bewick
Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology
Copy in Bourke Coll.: one of 3 titles bound together, in a set of 3 volumes; from vol. 3, bound with: A natural history of fishes, and Day, a pastoral in three parts; binder's spine title: Fishes, Reptiles, Day, 1824. Bound together subsequent to publication
Bourke copy three-quarters bound; marbled paper boards
Date on spine of Blacker Wood copy: 1809
Copy in Bewick Coll.: full bound with gilt fillet border and corner tool, and gilt spine, turn-ins and edges (broken joint); the engravings hand-coloured
Bewick copy with: A natural history of foreign quadrupeds. Alnwick : Printed and sold ... by W. Davison, [ca. 1820]. Bound together subsequent to publication
- Addeddate
- 2014-02-14 18:44:44
- Callnumber
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RBD BOUR PN970 D39 B49 1820 Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)
RBD BEWK QL644.2 N38 1820 Rare Books/Special Collections - Bewick Collection (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)
- Identifier
- McGillLibrary-PN970_D39_B49_1820_v_3_003529061-1912
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t5z633b6p
- Note
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"Thirty-five engravings on wood."
First sentence: "The land tortoise is found from one to five feet in length, from the end of the snout to the extremety of the tail; and from five to eighteen inches across the back."
One of 7 chapbooks issued by Davison as an abridgement of Buffon's "System of natural history," an itself abridged English translation of his "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière": Davison, 1814; the chapbooks dated by Tattersfield "around 1819."
The woodcuts have been attributed to Thomas Bewick and his workshop by Hugo (in Bewick collector, p. 109-110); Tattersfield claims nothing in the chapbooks to be by Bewick (in Thomas Bewick, v. 2, p. 935) naming as the probable engraver Isaac Nicholson, a former Bewick apprentice.
Hugo, T. Bewick collector, 292
Osborne Coll., p. 209
Tattersfield, N. Thomas Bewick, v. 2, p. 934-935
Wood, C.A. Vertebrate zoology, p. 237
Copy in Bourke Coll.: one of 3 titles bound together, in a set of 3 volumes; from vol. 3, bound with: A natural history of fishes, and Day, a pastoral in three parts; binder's spine title: Fishes, Reptiles, Day, 1824. Bound together subsequent to publication.
Bourke copy three-quarters bound; marbled paper boards.
Date on spine of Blacker Wood copy: 1809.
Copy in Bewick Coll.: full bound with gilt fillet border and corner tool, and gilt spine, turn-ins and edges (broken joint); the engravings hand-coloured.
Bewick copy with: A natural history of foreign quadrupeds. Alnwick : Printed and sold ... by W. Davison, [ca. 1820]. Bound together subsequent to publication.
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